Capitalism and its consequences have been a disaster for the human anus

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Oh look, it’s “using 3x as much toilet paper than normal because management wanted to save money so they got worthless toilet paper that only costs half as much as regular”.

    • LukeMedia@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      When I worked at a grocery store, we had very cheap paper towels to absorb messes, and had to use a ton of them to actually clean up a mess. This is the part I never understood, you cheap out on the paper, now I have to use way more. Likely a multiple higher than how much cheaper it is. It’s only cheaper to buy, it’s very shortsighted.

      Eventually they wised up and got us real, good paper towels. We used way, way less, and interestingly we only had good paper towels from that point forward.

      Edit: Can’t forget to mention the extra labor costs with more time spent cleaning up a mess!

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      If those numbers are real, that means that going with the cheap paper ends up being 50% more expensive in the long run.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Checks out against every time a company tried to cheap out. But then, they also do not care because by the time it matters the decision makers have moved on. With bonuses!😟